First air date: Jun 22, 2012
Episode duration: 00h 59m
Rating: (0) based on 1 votes
Status: Ended
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 2
Starring: Simon Schama, Harriet Walter, Peter de Jersey, Simon Russell Beale, Tobias Menzies
Created by: Simon Schama
Genre: Documentary

Simon Schama explores the life and times of William Shakespeare to shed a new and fascinating light on some of the greatest plays ever written. He asks the question: "What came first, Englishness, or Shakespeare's idea of it?" and produces a persuasive argument in favour of the latter.

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